Student winners with SC Secretary of State Mark Hammond. Photo by Ernest Rawlins Photography.
Better Business Bureau® (BBB®) serving Upstate South Carolina presented five high school students with scholarships through the Better Business Bureau Education Foundation on November 3, 2022, during the Student of Integrity Awards gala at the Hilton Greenville. The scholarships may be used to attend the college or university of the student’s choosing.
Through this program, BBB shines a light on local students and hopes to develop future business leaders who will promote ethics in the Upstate marketplace.
“The students selected for this award were the most exceptional candidates from an unprecedented number of applicants,” said Vee Daniel, president and CEO of BBB. “They have demonstrated remarkable leadership abilities and a commitment to integrity and ethics. Their applications, letters of recommendation and academic achievements were the most impressive out all of the applications received.”
Applications were distributed to every high school in the 10-county region of Upstate South Carolina and one application per high school was accepted. Selected by a panel of volunteer judges, the Student of Integrity Award recipients were each awarded scholarships in the amount of $1,000.
Congratulations to the 2022 Student of Integrity Awards scholarship recipients:
• Riley Belle Kinard, James F. Byrnes High School, sponsored by Benson Nissan, Kia, Hyundai of Spartanburg
• Matthew Tyler Hall, St. Joseph’s Catholic School, sponsored by Bonitz
• Jenna Christine Holland, Dorman High School, sponsored by GBS Building Supply
• Cameron Harmer Barnhardt, Greenville Senior High School, sponsored by Toyota, Kia, Hyundai of Greer
• William Arthur Chandler, D.W. Daniel High School, sponsored by Piedmont Natural Gas
Thanks to the following sponsors for making the event possible: Gold sponsors Community First Bank; Complete Heat & Air; Godshall Recruiting; ScanSource; Toyota, Hyundai & Kia of Greer; Silver sponsors Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, C. Dan Joyner, Realtors; Complete Heat & Air; The Idea Co.; MarshMcLennan Agency; Muncaster Financial Group; and Bronze sponsors Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey, LLC; Cristina Ortiz State Farm Agency; Dillard-Jones Builders, LLC; Progrin Dental; Smith Dray Line & Storage Company, Inc.
ABOUT BBB: The Better Business Bureau has empowered people to find businesses, brands, and charities they can trust for more than 110 years. In 2021, people turned to BBB more than 200 million times for BBB Business Profiles on 6.3 million businesses and Charity Reports on 25,000 charities, for free at BBB.org. The International Association of Better Business Bureaus is the umbrella organization for the local, independent BBBs in the United States, Canada and Mexico. BBB of the Upstate was founded in 1982 and serves 10 counties in the Upstate area.
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